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Posted: April 13th, 2024, 04:45
by Val the Moofia Boss
Goby wrote: April 13th, 2024, 03:14
Statesman wrote: April 8th, 2024, 14:54
Have Star Wars fans had any good news since 2012?
Many people got fooled with the first season of Mandalorian
I never understood why the first season of the Mandalorian was praised. People kept saying "you have to watch this!" so I did and I kept waiting for it to get good, and it never did. The show absolutely dragged. On the macrolevel, there was far too many filler scenes and episodes, and on the microlevel the scenes took 10x as long to get to the point as they should have. The first season really should have been a 90 minute or 2 hour long movie at most. And then there the show being creatively bankrupt. It doesn't do anything new. It's just a rehash of the Original Trilogy aesthetics. It's yet another backwater desert planet with shady dealings going on. Yet another Boba Fett lookalike. It's another Baby Yoda lookalike. More Empire goons. More boxy, utilitarian spaceships with faded paint jobs. Oh look, it's that thin IG-88 droid gunslinger from the Nintendo 64 game! There is nothing here. And from what I've heard, the sequel seasons shoehorned in Luke Skywalker and that obnoxious red alien girl from the 3D CGI clone wars show. I just didn't see much actual quality here. Feels like people only liked it because of the memberberries.

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Posted: April 13th, 2024, 05:12
by BobT
Val the Moofia Boss wrote: April 13th, 2024, 04:45
Goby wrote: April 13th, 2024, 03:14
Statesman wrote: April 8th, 2024, 14:54
Have Star Wars fans had any good news since 2012?
Many people got fooled with the first season of Mandalorian
I never understood why the first season of the Mandalorian was praised. People kept saying "you have to watch this!" so I did and I kept waiting for it to get good, and it never did. The show absolutely dragged. On the macrolevel, there was far too many filler scenes and episodes, and on the microlevel the scenes took 10x as long to get to the point as they should have. The first season really should have been a 90 minute or 2 hour long movie at most. And then there the show being creatively bankrupt. It doesn't do anything new. It's just a rehash of the Original Trilogy aesthetics. It's yet another backwater desert planet with shady dealings going on. Yet another Boba Fett lookalike. It's another Baby Yoda lookalike. More Empire goons. More boxy, utilitarian spaceships with faded paint jobs. Oh look, it's that thin IG-88 droid gunslinger from the Nintendo 64 game! There is nothing here. And from what I've heard, the sequel seasons shoehorned in Luke Skywalker and that obnoxious red alien girl from the 3D CGI clone wars show. I just didn't see much actual quality here. Feels like people only liked it because of the memberberries.
I watched just the first season, and indeed it felt like a hollow fanfiction, that just happened to be set in the Star Wars universe.
The fanbase also didn't help with the forced meming, OMG BABEHH YODAAAAH, DIS IS DE WAYY etc. Bleh.

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Posted: April 14th, 2024, 12:50
by Statesman
Val the Moofia Boss wrote: April 13th, 2024, 04:45
I never understood why the first season of the Mandalorian was praised. People kept saying "you have to watch this!" so I did and I kept waiting for it to get good, and it never did. The show absolutely dragged. On the macrolevel, there was far too many filler scenes and episodes, and on the microlevel the scenes took 10x as long to get to the point as they should have. The first season really should have been a 90 minute or 2 hour long movie at most. And then there the show being creatively bankrupt. It doesn't do anything new. It's just a rehash of the Original Trilogy aesthetics. It's yet another backwater desert planet with shady dealings going on. Yet another Boba Fett lookalike. It's another Baby Yoda lookalike. More Empire goons. More boxy, utilitarian spaceships with faded paint jobs. Oh look, it's that thin IG-88 droid gunslinger from the Nintendo 64 game! There is nothing here. And from what I've heard, the sequel seasons shoehorned in Luke Skywalker and that obnoxious red alien girl from the 3D CGI clone wars show. I just didn't see much actual quality here. Feels like people only liked it because of the memberberries.
You have to take into account the context in which the Mandalorian first season was released. At the time, Disney's Star Wars had flop after flop and then came out a non-offensive series with a safe plot, familiar setting, lots of references and diminished focus on inclusivity/diversity. A 4/10 series dropped at the right time to make Disney rethink the idea that Star Wars was dead. Baby Yoda was also a HUGE hit merchandising-wise. ST toys had arguably killed Toy's R US and Hasbro was begging Disney to drop ST merch and allow them to work with OT/PT/EU designs instead.

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Posted: April 14th, 2024, 13:16
by Irenaeus
Statesman wrote: April 8th, 2024, 14:54
Have Star Wars fans had any good news since 2012 1996?

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Posted: April 14th, 2024, 19:49
by Rand
Irenaeus wrote: April 14th, 2024, 13:16
Statesman wrote: April 8th, 2024, 14:54
Have Star Wars fans had any good news since 2012 1996 1983?

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Posted: April 15th, 2024, 13:14
by Statesman
I mean, if we are going to be that harsh and ignore all the pre-Disney Star Wars comics and games, might as well say:
Rand wrote: April 14th, 2024, 19:49
Irenaeus wrote: April 14th, 2024, 13:16
Statesman wrote: April 8th, 2024, 14:54
Have Star Wars fans had any good news since 2012 1996 1983?1980
Sorry, but not a fan of Ewoks. Should have gone with wookies, as originally planned.

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Posted: April 15th, 2024, 14:27
by Oyster Sauce
Ewoks get a pass for Yub Nub

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Posted: April 15th, 2024, 14:38
by asf
thing with ewoks is that compared to all the retardation in sw since they are quite irrelevant

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Posted: April 15th, 2024, 18:20
by Rand
Oyster Sauce wrote: April 15th, 2024, 14:27
Ewoks get a pass for Yub Nub
The only pass they deserve is over the table saw.
Fucking nonsense.
I thought it was bullshit in 1983 when we watched it in the theater and I haven't seen any reason to change my opinion.

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Posted: April 15th, 2024, 19:06
by A Chinese opium den
Rand wrote: April 15th, 2024, 18:20
Oyster Sauce wrote: April 15th, 2024, 14:27
Ewoks get a pass for Yub Nub
The only pass they deserve is over the table saw.
Fucking nonsense.
I thought it was bullshit in 1983 when we watched it in the theater and I haven't seen any reason to change my opinion.
You just wouldn't get it.

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Posted: April 15th, 2024, 19:21
by Acrux
Loike ewoks
Loike space battles
Loike space wizards
Loike old EU books
Loike LucasArts games

Simple as

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Posted: April 15th, 2024, 19:35
by Oyster Sauce
Acrux wrote: April 15th, 2024, 19:21
Loike ewoks
Loike space battles
Loike space wizards
Loike old EU books
Loike LucasArts games

Simple as
I used to think Jacen was pronounced like "Jackin"

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Posted: April 15th, 2024, 19:47
by Tweed
All true Star Wars fans hate Star Wars.

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Posted: April 16th, 2024, 16:07
by Statesman
Oyster Sauce wrote: April 15th, 2024, 19:35
I used to think Jacen was pronounced like "Jackin"
I mean, have you seen Jaina?

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Posted: May 21st, 2024, 06:11
by aweigh

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Posted: May 21st, 2024, 06:13
by rusty_shackleford
I was just wondering why they didn't do this the other day :scratch:

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Posted: May 21st, 2024, 07:48
by gerey
I feel this is one of those things that could have easily been explained away by saying that a lightsaber's "blade" needs one or two seconds to fully materialize (as can be seen in the OT), thus rendering the technique impractical, especially if fighting a Jedi or Sith.

The notion that both refuse to use it because it's unsportsmanlike is hilarious.

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Posted: May 21st, 2024, 07:50
by rusty_shackleford
gerey wrote: May 21st, 2024, 07:48
I feel this is one of those things that could have easily been explained away by saying that a lightsaber's "blade" needs one or two seconds to fully materialize (as can be seen in the OT), thus rendering the technique impractical, especially if fighting a Jedi or Sith.

The notion that both refuse to use it because it's unsportsmanlike is hilarious.
I looked it up and apparently it started as "fanon" that somehow made it into EU bullshit

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Posted: May 21st, 2024, 08:36
by Fuze
rusty_shackleford wrote: April 11th, 2024, 05:14
rusty_shackleford wrote: April 11th, 2024, 05:03
Statesman wrote: April 11th, 2024, 04:51


Wew...makes me want to learn how to mod Fallen Order/Jedi Survivor (even though I don't plan on playing those games).
She's a minor character, didn't find her annoying. But I also didn't finish the game, so…
Tbh I have nothing against the actress, I just hate that they keep using her over and over. She doesn't seem to have made any public political statements(?), and has no social media profile at all. I'm sure she's a nice lady.
…. Probably.
I don't find black women attractive so it's not like I have an opinion on her being ugly :heart:
Digging into it a bit, she just seems to be an actress who likes work. I'll throw the blame at the feet of companies who insist upon BLACKing up their games over her. She claimed to not even have anything to do with them making the video game characters use her likeness, they chose to do it.


Absolutely hate the trend of facescanning characters btw
You're seeing Debra Wilson everywhere because DEI initiative want african-american everywhere, problem is that you need someone at least semi-competent that shows up for work, which really aren't the main characteristic of the after mentioned population. So instead of having to deal with the consequences of their own decision, libtard dev decide to rely on the only one known in the field that they can trust to do some work. I don't think the actress herself is a terrible person.

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Posted: May 21st, 2024, 08:37
by logincrash
Oyster Sauce wrote: April 15th, 2024, 19:35
I used to think Jacen was pronounced like "Jackin"
Some fucking retard would translate Jacen and Jaina as "Yahken" and "Yaynah" for the official translation into my native language.
One of the reasons I learned English was to get away from this kind of shit translations and just read the original SW EU books.

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Posted: May 21st, 2024, 12:34
by Irenaeus
Fuze wrote: May 21st, 2024, 08:36
I don't think the actress herself is a terrible person.
We'll have to agree to disagree.

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Posted: May 21st, 2024, 13:34
by Fuze
I'll admit that I don't care about her whatsoever, so I didn't try to to dig for stupid take on social media.

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Posted: May 21st, 2024, 14:32
by Cogemeister
Val the Moofia Boss wrote: April 13th, 2024, 04:45
Goby wrote: April 13th, 2024, 03:14
Statesman wrote: April 8th, 2024, 14:54
Have Star Wars fans had any good news since 2012?
Many people got fooled with the first season of Mandalorian
I never understood why the first season of the Mandalorian was praised. People kept saying "you have to watch this!" so I did and I kept waiting for it to get good, and it never did. The show absolutely dragged. On the macrolevel, there was far too many filler scenes and episodes, and on the microlevel the scenes took 10x as long to get to the point as they should have. The first season really should have been a 90 minute or 2 hour long movie at most. And then there the show being creatively bankrupt. It doesn't do anything new. It's just a rehash of the Original Trilogy aesthetics. It's yet another backwater desert planet with shady dealings going on. Yet another Boba Fett lookalike. It's another Baby Yoda lookalike. More Empire goons. More boxy, utilitarian spaceships with faded paint jobs. Oh look, it's that thin IG-88 droid gunslinger from the Nintendo 64 game! There is nothing here. And from what I've heard, the sequel seasons shoehorned in Luke Skywalker and that obnoxious red alien girl from the 3D CGI clone wars show. I just didn't see much actual quality here. Feels like people only liked it because of the memberberries.
It was lazy writing for sure. The entire series was carried on the back of Grogu (baby yoda) and it was a way to get non Star Wars fans to subscribe to Disney Plus.